KnowraConsequentialismLinked fromLinked fromThe 47 pages that link to Consequentialism, each with the reason it gives.All 47Broader topic 2Related 15Narrower topic 6Compared with 24Virtue ethicsCompared with: It makes outcomes decisive, whereas virtue ethics gives character and practical judgment a central role.Just war theoryCompared with: Consequentialist judgment can conflict with rules protecting noncombatants regardless of outcomes.DeontologyCompared with: It contrasts with deontology by making consequences the ultimate basis of right action.Ethics of careCompared with: Care ethics resists reducing moral judgment to aggregate outcomes alone.Buddhist ethicsCompared with: Buddhist judgments may consider consequences while also emphasizing intention and mental cultivation.Kantian ethicsCompared with: Kantian ethics rejects consequences as the fundamental basis of moral rightness.Moral luckCompared with: Its outcome-focused assessments make resultant moral luck especially pressing.Retributive justiceCompared with: Retribution grounds punishment in desert, not only in its future effects.Moral dilemmaCompared with: It resolves some conflicts by comparing outcomes, unlike approaches that treat duties as constraints.VirtueCompared with: It locates moral assessment in consequences rather than virtuous character.Moral particularismCompared with: Its general criterion illustrates how a moral theory can aim to govern cases uniformly.Doctrine of double effectCompared with: Unlike the doctrine, it generally does not treat intended and foreseen harms as morally distinct.ResponsibilityCompared with: It can assign responsibility chiefly by foreseeable effects rather than duties or intentions.Moral absolutismCompared with: It can permit breaking a rule when doing so produces better outcomes.MoziCompared with: Mozi’s appeal to benefit resembles outcome-based ethics, though his standards also invoke Heaven and social order.Thomas NagelCompared with: Nagel criticizes consequentialism when it discounts personal commitments and the agent’s standpoint.Categorical imperativeCompared with: It contrasts with Kant’s account, which judges maxims by principle rather than expected results.Religious ethicsCompared with: Its outcome-based tests can differ from religious duties or prohibitions.Jewish ethicsCompared with: It contrasts with rule-based reasoning, while Jewish decisions can also weigh foreseeable harms.Alasdair MacIntyreCompared with: MacIntyre rejects accounts that make outcomes, rather than virtues and practices, the basis of morality.Sanctity of lifeCompared with: Consequentialist reasoning may permit ending or risking life when outcomes justify it.De OfficiisCompared with: Cicero rejects treating beneficial outcomes as sufficient justification when conduct violates justice.Ethical dilemmaCompared with: It may resolve a dilemma by prioritizing the choice with the best expected results.G. E. M. AnscombeCompared with: Anscombe’s 1958 critique helped establish consequentialism as a target of modern moral philosophy.
KnowraConsequentialismLinked fromLinked fromThe 47 pages that link to Consequentialism, each with the reason it gives.All 47Broader topic 2Related 15Narrower topic 6Compared with 24Virtue ethicsCompared with: It makes outcomes decisive, whereas virtue ethics gives character and practical judgment a central role.Just war theoryCompared with: Consequentialist judgment can conflict with rules protecting noncombatants regardless of outcomes.DeontologyCompared with: It contrasts with deontology by making consequences the ultimate basis of right action.Ethics of careCompared with: Care ethics resists reducing moral judgment to aggregate outcomes alone.Buddhist ethicsCompared with: Buddhist judgments may consider consequences while also emphasizing intention and mental cultivation.Kantian ethicsCompared with: Kantian ethics rejects consequences as the fundamental basis of moral rightness.Moral luckCompared with: Its outcome-focused assessments make resultant moral luck especially pressing.Retributive justiceCompared with: Retribution grounds punishment in desert, not only in its future effects.Moral dilemmaCompared with: It resolves some conflicts by comparing outcomes, unlike approaches that treat duties as constraints.VirtueCompared with: It locates moral assessment in consequences rather than virtuous character.Moral particularismCompared with: Its general criterion illustrates how a moral theory can aim to govern cases uniformly.Doctrine of double effectCompared with: Unlike the doctrine, it generally does not treat intended and foreseen harms as morally distinct.ResponsibilityCompared with: It can assign responsibility chiefly by foreseeable effects rather than duties or intentions.Moral absolutismCompared with: It can permit breaking a rule when doing so produces better outcomes.MoziCompared with: Mozi’s appeal to benefit resembles outcome-based ethics, though his standards also invoke Heaven and social order.Thomas NagelCompared with: Nagel criticizes consequentialism when it discounts personal commitments and the agent’s standpoint.Categorical imperativeCompared with: It contrasts with Kant’s account, which judges maxims by principle rather than expected results.Religious ethicsCompared with: Its outcome-based tests can differ from religious duties or prohibitions.Jewish ethicsCompared with: It contrasts with rule-based reasoning, while Jewish decisions can also weigh foreseeable harms.Alasdair MacIntyreCompared with: MacIntyre rejects accounts that make outcomes, rather than virtues and practices, the basis of morality.Sanctity of lifeCompared with: Consequentialist reasoning may permit ending or risking life when outcomes justify it.De OfficiisCompared with: Cicero rejects treating beneficial outcomes as sufficient justification when conduct violates justice.Ethical dilemmaCompared with: It may resolve a dilemma by prioritizing the choice with the best expected results.G. E. M. AnscombeCompared with: Anscombe’s 1958 critique helped establish consequentialism as a target of modern moral philosophy.